Events and community concerns
The team organise a number of community events on specific themes.
The road safety team work in partnership with other agencies and provide support by being present at a number of organised community events. We work together as part of the Lancashire Road Safety Partnership address to community concerns that are of a road safety nature.
Car seat safety events 2024
From March – June 2024, 15 child car seat safety events were delivered by Child Seat Safety, Road Safety Great Britain's national advisors for child car seats, supported by Road Safety Officers from Lancashire County Council.
These free, community events took place at a variety of supermarkets in specifically targeted areas and aimed to educate parents/carers, grandparents and anyone who drives with children in their vehicle on how to correctly fit a child car seat to their vehicle.
The team demonstrated how to correctly install the child car seat or informed the driver if a car seat was unsuitable for some reason. In addition, drivers were offered a range of car seat and general road safety literature to take away with them.
Many of the mistakes people make surrounding child car seats are simple and easy to avoid, including seats belts needing tightening, harnesses not being in the right position and incorrect head restraints – simple.. yet potentially life saving. Pop along for free advice and an independent check.
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Asda, Fulwood. PR2 9NP |
Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th March |
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Smyths Toys, Queens Retail Park. PR1 4HZ |
Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th March |
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Tesco Accrington BB5 1LJ |
Tuesday 23rd, Wednesday 24th, Thursday 25th April |
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Morrisons Bacup OL13 0AR |
Tuesday 30th April and Wednesday 1st May |
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Asda Colne BB8 8LU |
Tuesday 7th May |
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Booths, Lytham |
Wednesday 8th May |
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Sainsbury's Burnley BB11 1BS |
Thursday 9th, Friday 10th May |
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Morrisons Morecambe LA4 4DA |
Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th June |
Morecambe car seat safety event